Kauai and HOME

 

 Mike King had a birthday so we got cake and ice cream and the crew came over...it was SO GOOD to have them here! Austin came too---but missed being in the pics :(

 McKenzie is due between the 19th and 25th of November...It's a BOY!!! They are thinking to name him Cooper Todd--Mike totally digs on that of course :) Shane's birthday is the 19th so he is mandating that as official BIRTH DAY :)

 Kauai!!!! We really had such a fabulous time...I was so excited to have all the kids together to OURSELVES...but didn't realize what a HUGE HOLE it was going to feel like without Spencer. Didn't matter WHAT we did...popped popcorn, got ice cream, golfing...we ALL MISSED YOU SPENCER!!!

 There is a paddle surfer down on the river. This was on the way to a water fall we DIDN"T Get pics of that made me MORE nervous than the sky diving...the boys were jumping off rock cliffs with no idea what rocks or how deep the water. I just prayed and hoped it would end SOON. It did. THANK HEAVENS!!!

 Sam back at the first course he ever golfed at ...the one with YOU Spencer!! We all went. Got 3 carts and had a blast! SO STINKIN PURDY!!! And unbelievably only $9 a player!!

 Megs liked the parrots at the Grand Hyatt. Our Poi Pou Villas where right in between the Grand Hyatt and the Marriott Wiaohi...just TOO AMAZING how incredibly NICE we had it. Our Villa was nicer than any place I have ever stayed...a huge galley kitchen with granite counter tops and 3 bedrooms all with their own bathrooms and double headed showers :) The glass doors across the main kitchen, family eating room were those Nanny doors that open the whole way so you felt like the outside was in! The pools and work out rooms and the FOOD and the walks and the snorkeling so ROCKED my world. I am still waiting on Meg to get me the pics of the Sea Turtle that was in the water with us. TOO COOL.

 These are MEGAN's Toes, but she is in MY SPOT at the Grand Hyatt...I read the EMYTH, Healthy Aging and most of the CHINA report sitting right there :) I LOVE ME SOME OCEAN view with the sounds of the waves coming in. I am excited to report that I lost 1.8 lbs while there even with eating the nachos at Kala paki Joe's and the Chile Verde Rosottio at the Casa de Amici....a place where I WILL eat again...and NEXT time it will be AFTER my 10k wager and I'm gonna have the garlic bread that OOZED with fresh sautee'd garlic and globs of cheese. Literally the kids where closing there eyes as they chewed...when Sam opened his and looked at me he said quickly...THIS IS HORRIBLE MOM!!!! :) My favoritest favoritest part of all was just having my kids with me for whole days and nights.....

 This was my Sabbath worship today... there are no words. My Gods POURED their love all over me. I tried to breathe it all in and hold it inside....I didn't want to leave and was sad I hadn't brought a blanket somehow. Wish you were here. These colors aren't going to last long. I'm going to try to make it up here every day till they are. Dad went to the Temple Dedication this morning. I kept thinking my whole ride how truly I WAS REDEDICATING MY OWN TEMPLE :) Dad took the pics on his phone.  I was listening to Don Miguel Ruiz's THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE coming back down and he said "We are here to create HEAVEN on EARTH" Amen. I am SO WORKING ON THAT!!!

 Bridal Veil Falls!!! The weather has been in the 80's so so SO Beautiful! Geoff starting closing the pool while we were in Kauai, but when it was so warm he reopened it for us for this weekend. HEAVEN I TELL YOU!!! MY LIFE IS HEAVEN!!! I quit working about 3:30 yesterday and Tammy (Perkins Mom) came and we just lounged and talked  in the pool until 6 :)  Meg, Laura, Kylee, Amorous, and Michael and Dad came in and out too. I really love my life. And then to end the day with all your Besties Spencer was the PERFECT topping :)

The cats were tended by the whole neighborhood while we were gone. Herman looks like he gained a few pounds..he actually looks pregnant! If Marta hadn't confirmed that he is FOR SURE a boy I would have serious wonder at this moment. I hate that I am allergic to them. You know I hold them all the time anyway. I get the goosebumps sometimes the way Herman looks at me and starts purring before I even pick him up. Got to get there heating pad and "house" set up for winter.

Spencer...Laura was here by herself right? One night REALLY late she is here and already nervous in here room when the light goes on...she dials 911 in her phone and then hears...don't worry...we are just Spencer's friends coming to hot tub:) After the inital shock she was happy to have the company---anyone in the house and was able to sleep. But they all had a good laugh. SO GLAD she didn't call the police! Then Sam's friends did the same thing to her :)

Speaking of Sam...he and Josh will come home the 5th for the Utah State vs. BYU Game and that is also Tanner Marsh's Farewell. There is going to be another bunch of boobin boys around here before long...and some mom's too!!!! Both Sam and Josh are a bit panicked trying to catch up with school from the trip. I am trying not to text them and bug them so much this week.

Meg and Laura and the whole crew are planning another Masquerade for Halloween. They are all having dinner together tonight to pull the details together. Galan's are coming to visit for 2 days the END of October...we are excited. Just wish the WHOLE family were coming and for longer. Only Solita and Candelaria are coming of the kids.

I am crazy busy with work with "re-entry" and grateful. The market is still hopping :) Good thing since we are taking the trips next year :)

There was a story on the morning news while in Hawaii about a golfer named Mike Allen who played the pro tour several times when younger and never won a tournament. And how he quit golf....then had a group of friends offer to financially support him for a year so he could go back and try again on the Senior tour....he has been whoopin butt....and he carries around a book called the Mind Gym with him all the time. I ordered you one for when you get home...it's next on my list. The news blip was inspiring. AND OF COURSE I thought of YOU...and YOU INSPIRE ME.

I love you BIG sweet boy. So relieved and so comforted that you are SO HAPPY!
I am also trying to download the skydiving pics for you....
XXOOXX   MOM